eli5 How do sun burns lead to cancer?

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4/16/2023 Washington Post: “It may be hard to believe, but a sunburn you got in your teens could be responsible for the skin cancer you develop in your 50s. Each time you burn, you elevate your risk.”

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The radiation penetrates into the nuclei damaging the DNA , causing new sells to be a little different over and over until it turns cancerous.

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